Pop Up Cards Craft for Kids

Pop Up cards are fun and easy for kids to make for birthdays, holidays, missing you days and more.

Here are a few ideas for creating super cute, entertaining and memorable popup cards.

Wouldn’t Mom love one of these cards? What about your volunteer? A homemade card is what makes this project extra special.

Little guys love making simple pop-ups. Adapt the project to fit different age groups.

Valentine cards
Mother’s/Father’s Day
Easter cards
Grandparent cards
Friendship cards
Get Well cards

Gather your materials

Think of a theme for your card (birthday, Valentine, friendship, Grandparents, holiday, etc.) and gather your materials.

pictures (if you are a clipart user pull out your favorite clip art)
1 piece of card stock any color. This is the card backing.
1 piece of heavy paper or card stock any color. This is the pop up piece.
scissors
glue
ruler

HOW TO MAKE A POP UP CARD

Your card can be any size. The cards in the samples use 4.25 X 5.5 inch paper. An 8 1/2 X 11 inch page cut in half makes two cards. Cut the backing paper (white paper below) to the size you want.

Prepare the backing paper

The pop-up page (green paper) can be a bit smaller than the backing page or it can be the same size.

Prepare the Pop Up Paper

Fold the pop up (green paper) in half.

Starting at the fold draw four rectangle shapes.

Make the pop-out strips different lengths so they pop out at different distances (1 inch, 2 inches, 2 1/2 inches, 3 inches, etc.).

Cut the strips up to the end of the line…the dotted line in the picture above.

Fold the strips up to make a crease.

Prepare the Pop up (Pop Out) Pieces

Open the page so the inside is facing you (see image above) and pull the strips towards you.

Do this with each strip. Make creases (folds) at the top and bottom of each strip and close and open the card a few times.

What is your theme?

The example above shows how you might trim the pop up paper to create a landscape and how it will look after it is glued to the backing paper.

DON’T GLUE YET…Before gluing the pop-up page (green paper) to the backing page (white page) you can trim the top of the pop-up page to any shape you want.

You can add sky, clouds, pictures or draw things or write words on the back of the card to fit your theme.

Time to glue

Turn the green page over and add glue to the back. (When you add glue be careful not to get glue on the folded pop out pieces.)

Lay the white (backing page) flat on the table.

Lay the pop-up page (with the glue) on top of the backing (white) page and press down.

Open the card and make sure the ‘pop outs’ are pointing towards you (second image above). Open and close the card a few times.

Keep it open to let it dry.

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